tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64396646916414392852018-02-14T17:53:26.490-05:00The Sourcing Corner<center>This is my corner. I'm a self-Proclaimed Geek, hooked on Sourcing and Social Media. I love sourcing more than I love sushi but not as much as I love three-day weekends!</center>Moises Lopeznoreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-9646457339679308612012-09-24T08:01:00.001-05:002012-09-24T08:01:02.055-05:00Check out my new video clip re: twitter search. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SA7F-Cqgi0c&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SA7F-Cqgi0c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/09/check-out-my-new-video-clip-re-twitter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-89497621219415784012012-08-24T08:14:00.001-05:002012-08-24T08:14:31.198-05:00Keyword dreams!!Some of you may know that I am somewhat of a sourcing geek. Well, last night I had a sourcing dream to prove it. I was dreaming about keywords. If that don't beat all. I can't have normal dreams like other people. I have to dream about search related stuff. <br><br>Anyway, I guess you'd like to know about my dream. In my dream I was having this discussion with other recruiters about what was more important to effective searching on the web. Whether it was Keywords, Boolean or the tools you used them on. I argued that keywords are such a big part of searching that it is easy to overlook how important they are to the search process. Without the use of keywords we wouldn’t be able to communicate with either databases or search engines effectively. <br><br>The other recruiters in my dream made strong cases for the use of boolean or the advanced knowledge of search engines and for strategies but I came out of my dream convinced that by mastering the use of keywords we advance the cause of our search far more than with any of the other items they argued for, after all, it was my dream right?<br><br>I thought I would present my case here, at least here I'm not really talking to myself, I hope. Anyway, my thought is that it is thru the use of keywords that we communicate to the search engine what information we intend to get out of it. But that is not where it ends. It is not as simple as typing your words on the search box and immediately finding your perfect candidate! Did you know that keywords are neither seen nor read by the search engine in the same that way we see or read them? To a search engine a keyword is just a string of characters. Using something like “@#$#&)”, or “7364639”, or “keyword” are all the same to a search engine. It can't distinguish between a string of symbols, numbers or actual letters. <br><br>It is difficult to get anything out of a conversation when the other party is taking your words and taking the meaning completely out of them. How do you expect to get good results out of a search string when you may now know how the search engines read your keywords. <br><br> Just think of it. A search engine doesn’t recognize that when you enter a word like “kids” that a good result might also be “children”. Remember to a search engine “kids” is just a string of characters. Instead it just matches each character in your keyword to bring only those results that include the word “kids”. Search engines typically compile a thesaurus like file/program to overcome this limitation. (I'm over simplifying here. It is an complex set of algorithms much more complex for me to understand!.) They use this file/program when the search string contains commonly used terms that are associated with our keyword; it then reflects them as a hit on your results. This gives us the impression that it’s searching what we intended to find. More commonly though this file/program displays associated words rather than synonymous terms. So rather than returning results based on your keywords it is returning those pages that have your keywords found within it as well as other pages that have any of those other words that are typically associated with your keyword. <br><br> A search engine looks for records that match the characters typed. That is to say, it will not read the word rather it will try to match the string of characters together in its listing of indexed terms. To understand this is crucial to understanding the results returned by the engine. A database or search engine doesn’t see either meaning or the ideas represented by the words or even an implied relationship to other thoughts or ideas from your words no more that it could identify sarcasm. Knowing this puts a different spin on keyword doesn't it. <br><br> There are other reasons for my belief that keywords are far more important than either boolean, advanced field commands, or any other tool or strategy. Yet I can't help but feel that it is the most often overlooked part of our search. Not enough time is spent on understanding how keywords are being process and techniques we can use to drive better results. <br><br> Well I'm going back to take a nap.Now that this is out of my head, maybe I can catch some zzzzz's. Hope you enjoyed by ramblings. <div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/08/keyword-dreams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-44005637135958241502012-06-01T08:23:00.000-05:002012-06-01T08:23:19.330-05:00A about three years ago I started on a Health Journey. I had to begin taking care of myself. My doctors informed me that my eating habits were causing me all kinds of health issues. Like most people I remained in denial. I began taking my meds and figured the was good enough. I did a half-hearted attempt at eating healthy but didn't put a lot of effort. Somewhere along the line something changed in my mind and I gained a real interest in finding out what was going on in my body. I began to notice what I ate, when and where. I guess I finally began listening to my dietician but more than that I started enjoying eating healthy. I don't know how it happened but I stopped thinking of salads as rabbit food. My eating habits have progressed to were salads are no longer a side dish, they are the main course!!! Now I research a lot of food for its nutrition facts and health benefits. This is really cool to me as I have began to notice many changes in me due to the new acquired tastes. Sooooo, I thought I would start exploring my culinary exploits here. Maybe some of you might appreciate the tidbits of information I have been finding about food and nutrition. If not just ignore the post and go on to the next one. My latest exploration took me to potato juice. That doesn't even sound good does it? The first thought I had was: "wow, french fries in a glass!" I just happened to be reading an article which mentioned potato juice and it intrigued me enough to do a search for more articles on the subject. It appears that as unappetizing as it sounds there are some real health benefits to drinking the . There are many places that talk about that so I won't go into it now but if you are interested. I would say start with this article and follow the links from there. http://www.examiner.com/article/health-benefits-of-potato-juice. By the way, I read another article from these doctors in Japan who documented a lot of cases of healing with potato juice. I wish I would have taken note of where I found it to share with you but "c'est la vie". It seems strange that something so simple can be so effective but i think its worth looking into. Needless to say, since I do have a juicer, I decided to try this spud extract. I went and bought some organic potatoes and last night and will be trying them as a juice beginning today. I am curious but I suspect I will need to add some apples or lemon for flavor control. We'll find out soon. I'll keep you posted.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/06/about-three-years-ago-i-started-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-37128776566660842852012-05-17T09:10:00.001-05:002012-05-18T07:54:17.733-05:00<div>Good Morning all,</div> <div>I can't say how good it feels to be writing again. This morning though it was kinda hard to get out of bed. I just lay there trying to re-capture my dream. I was having such a nice dream. I would say it was rather misty and but it was just a teaser of a dream. I'll spare you the details but I was mad for waking up. Anyway I got out of bed and made myself the vegetable juice I have made a practice of. That natural juice is so invigorating! Maybe one day I might share some of my juicing recipes. </div> <div>Yesterday I decided to get a haircut after work. I told the lady to use a #2 attachment on the clippers I didn't realize my hair was going to be cut almost to the root with that damn thing. Normally I tell them to use a #3 and they use scissors at the top but this lady just did the entire head with it. I guess I should have specified better but now I'm sporting a new sexier look. If you ever saw "V for Vendetta" and saw Megan Fox with her stubble, you know what I mean. I rode my bike again today for a few minutes before settling in to write, with my new shiny head. There is nothing more exhilarating than the wind in your face early in the morning. It is almost like nature's kiss. There is a certain freedom in it that is just indescribable that just inspires you to write.</div> <div>I have been thinking that I am going to continue to use this blog to just let my thoughts go and I am going to start posting my sourcing articles on the <a href="http://hirecentrix.com">HireCentrix</a> site. So if you would like sourcing stuff you might want to check it out. I might rant about some sourcing stuff here but I'm going to send the more formal articles there. Just to let you know.</div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/good-morning-alli-cant-say-how-good-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-86937759932035563422012-05-16T09:30:00.001-05:002012-05-16T11:39:24.378-05:00I recently posted an article at <a href="http://www.hirecentrix.com/">HireCentrix</a>. The article is titled <a href="http://bit.ly/KfuGSa">"Are Recruiters better than Sourcers?"</a> Feel free to stop by and check it out. I truly enjoyed writing it and hope you enjoy reading it as well.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-recently-posted-article-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-51653716520042527532012-05-16T09:08:00.001-05:002012-05-16T09:30:51.442-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87ynkJdQh1k/T7OxGAf6t7I/AAAAAAAAAUY/IRDJ1M0X9cg/s1600/177079170_e6644d32ae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="133" width="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87ynkJdQh1k/T7OxGAf6t7I/AAAAAAAAAUY/IRDJ1M0X9cg/s200/177079170_e6644d32ae.jpg" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good Morning,</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Such a beautiful day today. I went riding my bike this morning. For those that don't know, I have a little Suzuki Boulevard s40. It is small but economical and such a joy to ride. I enjoy the feeling of the breeze in my face specially when it is nice and cool as it was here in Dallas today. I feel more alive when I ride the bike than when I drive my car so needless to say I have been driving it everyday now. My car is gathering dust I think I need to sell it but it does come in handy like when I have to go to the office which is seldom. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway last night I participated on Facebook on an interesting conversation about people who make up things on their resume. In this particular instance it was someone who has industry recognition but even though they don't have the credentials they claim to be a professor at a top school. You can follow the thread <a href="http://on.fb.me/IYsL6p ">here.</a> This sent my mind just reeling and have been thinking about it since. Russell Klosk mentioned "why lie? In a day and age where thanks to HiTech and Gen Y degrees aren't the only entry point to a profession any longer as well as the fact that absolutely everything can be verified with little effort time or money? It's a shame at times that their isn't an actual "black list" as people like this need to be on it". I couldn't agree more. Especially as they freely post the conflicting information on public profiles. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a Sourcer, my role is to find people for hard to fill roles, in my role I read a lot of resumes and it never ceases to amaze me when I see that a person posted a resume years ago and their updated resume omits quite a few things that their original one once had and on occasion I see the conflicting degree information. You would figure that if they were going to make something up they would keep it consistent on each resume. It just seems worse when they totally make up stuff like saying they teach at a top school since that is easily verifiable. You can go to the school directory where all professors are listed for example. My thought is that the lie keeps getting bigger as they realize it the deception worked once and they start making things up irrationally testing people to see how far they let them go. </div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/good-morning-such-beautiful-day-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-67111254860356794842012-05-15T11:04:00.000-05:002012-05-15T11:04:21.489-05:00Guess what!!!Ppppsssstt! Don't tell anyone. I decided to start writing today. I really don't have much to say but I wanted to start it more like a thought journal. But I'll have to warn you my thoughts are not always that congruent and you might need to read between the lines or just make it up as you go kinda like I do. Anyway, some things have changed in my life. I have been getting my health back on track. Cholesterol and sugar levels are getting me a smile from my Doctor so I guess I have been doing okay. My ticker is ticking better now. Oh yeah! I'm a recovering type 2 diabetic now. Doctor has me losing weight. I have lost quite a bit but I occasionally indulge in little forbidden pleasures but overall I am eating mostly rabbit food. The odd thing is that I like it now. I have been learning to play in the kitchen. The coolest thing is that I make my own salad dressings. I have been getting really crazy with them too. I try all kinds all kinds of fancy vinegar, i.e. champagne vinegar, sweet red wine vinegar, raspberry wine vinegar, they give the dressing such a nice touch. I have to admit that even though I like to cook I haven't always been comfortable in the kitchen. My imagination has always gotten the best of me and I start imagining conversations with the knives and pans and before you know it I'm in the middle of an argument (The knives are jokesters and the pans take life too seriously. Maybe they have to since they are always under fire, hhaha.) If you ever want to hear me ramble for hours on end, just get me started on healthy foods, I think I can talk as much about it as I can about sourcing. I am excited to start writing again. I will start exploring some sourcing stuff like before but I will explore some of the others stuff that is making my life interesting too.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2012/05/ppppsssstt-dont-tell-anyone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-73750105802547634472007-11-27T19:31:00.000-06:002007-11-27T20:12:02.706-06:00Internet research tip-tagging for wordsHere is another somewhat less than superficial look at another internet research tool. When you read the SEO blogs and commentaries there is talk about the metatags going away; that search engines are relying less and less on them. As real as this may be, I don’t see the metatags going away altogether anytime soon. While we wait for that day, just as we did a few days ago with the <a href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/2007/11/16/the-%e2%80%9cand%e2%80%9d-operator-with-a-punch/">Plus (+) sign </a>, I want to explore the metatags as a research tool. <div><br /></div><div>At the risk of being to simplistic, first let me say that there are different types of metatags embedded into the code of any webpage. Many of the metatag fields provide information about file attributes, as well as content. </div><div><br /></div><div>You might have heard of some of these, some of the tags include: </div><div><br />Author Metatag field<br />Comments Metatag field<br /></div><div>Description Metatag field</div><div>Keywords Metatag field</div><div>SUBJECT Field</div><div>Title</div><div>URL<br /></div><div><br /></div><div align="left">Metatags look something like the screen shot below. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><a title="Metatag source code" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/metatags1.JPG"></a><a title="Metatag source code" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/metatags1.JPG"></a><a title="Metatag source code" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/metatags1.JPG"></a><a title="Metatag source code" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/metatags1.JPG"></a><a title="Metatag source code" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/metatags1.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137699323991694002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/R0zGUIFKGrI/AAAAAAAAAGg/Hfzq5GR38qI/s400/metatags.JPG" border="0" /> The original purpose of metatags was to provide a search engine with information about the contents of a page. Not all web pages have metatags in them as some search engines do not rely on them, nonetheless they can still be very useful tools.<br /><br /><div align="left">Let’s go to <a href="http://www.gigablast.com/">http://www.gigablast.com/</a> now to see the tags at work. Gigablast is the only search engine indexing metatags beyond just the meta description and meta keywords that some others index. It is also the only search engine that can also display metatags in the results list. It will not only display the results it can display the metatags themselves in the results list.<br />First let’s run a simple search, enter: </div><br /><div align="center"><strong>resume java beans </strong></div><strong><br /><div align="left"></strong></div>into the search box.<br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left">This time instead of looking for the search bar we are will be focusing on the url bar. Now the query should look like this: </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137700140035480258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/R0zHDoFKGsI/AAAAAAAAAGo/kIjY8WPg9GU/s400/keywordmetatag.JPG" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.gigablast.com/search?q=resume+java+beans&amp;n=10&amp;k3n=746817">http://www.gigablast.com/search?q=resume+java+beans&amp;n=10&amp;k3n=746817</a><br /><br /><div align="left">In order for us to view the meta-tags lets add a command to the url bar. Add the following command to the url: </div><div align="center"><strong>&amp;dt=keywords </strong></div><strong></strong><br /><div align="left">The url should now look like this:</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.gigablast.com/search?q=resume+java+beans&amp;n=10&amp;k3n=746817&amp;dt=keywords">http://www.gigablast.com/search?q=resume+java+beans&amp;n=10&amp;k3n=746817&amp;dt=keywords</a><br />The results will look something like this:<br /><a title="Gigablast Keyword Metatags" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/keywordmetatag.JPG"></a><a title="Gigablast Keyword Metatags" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/keywordmetatag.JPG"></a><a title="Gigablast Keyword Metatags" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/keywordmetatag.JPG"></a><a title="Gigablast Keyword Metatags" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/keywordmetatag.JPG"></a><a title="Gigablast Keyword Metatags" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/keywordmetatag.JPG"></a><br />Notice that after the description section there is a section that starts with “keywords:” (This is the red section after the description of the contents). This is the text that is found in the Keywords metatag field. Being able to quickly review the keywords metatag will help you see any keywords that the designer of this site thought would be important for search engines to identify the content of his page. In the case of the resumes that we are interested in, this metatag contents will give us additional keywords we can use to find similar pages.<br /></div><div align="left">If the “keywords” metatag isn’t enough; try adding +description to the url.<br /></div><br /><div align="left">The query should look like this:<br /><a href="http://www.gigablast.com/search?q=resume+java+beans&amp;n=10&amp;k3n=746817&amp;dt=keywords+description">http://www.gigablast.com/search?q=resume+java+beans&amp;n=10&amp;k3n=746817&amp;dt=keywords+description</a><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Now we should be able to review not only the keywords metatag but now the description metatag as well. As long as you can find a metatag title you can insert it there and if applicable it will bring back the results. </div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/11/internet-research-tip-tagging-for-words.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-57607820139411204332007-11-26T17:17:00.000-06:002007-11-26T17:49:55.328-06:00Sourcing Juice from Concentrate<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/R0tbF4FKGqI/AAAAAAAAAGY/7Ptkam89H6k/s1600-h/coffee_man_1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137299956457675426" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/R0tbF4FKGqI/AAAAAAAAAGY/7Ptkam89H6k/s200/coffee_man_1.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">It’s getting ridiculous! I’ve been getting calls and emails asking for sourcer referrals. There are so many firms asking for sourcers, that part is good. The bad part is that most job descriptions look like this one below. I did a search on indeed.com and just typed sourcing specialist. This is the first one that came up.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Minimum work experience required: 1+ years experience professional/recruitment sourcing experience<br /></strong><br />History of success in sourcing candidates (both active and passive) with emphasis on IT<br />• Cold Calling, networking and Boolean search techniques<br />Special skills required:<br />• Flexibility, Creativity, and Initiative<br />• Customer focused<br />• Communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills<br />• Process Management - ability to follow process and procedures (detailed &amp; organized)<br />• Problem solving skills and critical thinking<br />• Technical expertise and Internet skills<br />• Ability to excel working independently<br />• Passive candidate recruiting<br />• Sourcing plan development and implementation<br />Description of duties &amp; responsibilities:<br />• Researches, develops and implements new candidate sourcing and search methods and strategies &amp; tracks effectiveness<br />• Posts open positions on job boards<br />• Provides measurable, qualified, diverse candidate pool for client openings<br />• Ensures accuracy of data and timely information provided to management<br />• Assists management with special project assignments<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">This is a long wish list for a one year recruiter/sourcer. They are looking for someone who has had a history of success sourcing both active and passive candidates!!! Come on get real, what kind of success can you have over one year! The candidate also needs to have both cold calling skills and internet research expertise and they need to be able to develop and implement a sourcing strategy if that wasn’t enough they need to track and report accurate and timely data to management. Oh lets not forget special projects!!!<br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">It is obvious to me that most companies do not know what sourcing is all about and even worse don’t know what they want nor what it is they are asking. They didn’t mention pay but I doubt they are willing to compensate.<br /><br />Could you imagine if we were asked to source for this description but let's just change the title to any other line of work? Let’s say a programmer. It should read something akin to this: I need a programmer who can do code from scratch as well as using compilers. They need to be able to define system architecture and implement the project and have full life cycle experience. Expert level experience on java, as well as team leadership and project management experience . A minimum of a high school education and one year of experience required. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"><br />Even in the fantasy world I live in, this is far fetched. Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic. </span></div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/11/sourcing-juice-from-concentrate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-7226275017765269272007-11-16T11:55:00.000-06:002007-11-16T14:42:09.161-06:00The “AND” Operator with a punch.<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rz4AiYIxRBI/AAAAAAAAAGI/JJFl7IipV_8/s1600-h/Boxing_Gloves.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rz4AiYIxRBI/AAAAAAAAAGI/JJFl7IipV_8/s200/Boxing_Gloves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133541215843730450" /></a><br />There are some things that we use so regularly that we take for granted. That is the case with some of the tools we use for internet research. Have you thought of what the <strong>PLUS sign </strong>does for instance? <br />We all have used the <strong>“plus” ( + ) sign </strong>in our searches right? In many search engines, the plus sign can be used as a substitute to the Boolean operator <strong>“AND”</strong> that is because just like the <strong>“AND” </strong>operator it finds pages that contain all search terms, but that is were the similarities end. Here is the first difference; unlike <strong>“AND”</strong> the <strong>“PLUS”</strong> sign list pages which have the keyword terms immediately on the right side of this operator only. <br />The use of the plus sign may produce some other unexpected effects. Using the plus (+) sign directs the search engines to sidestep some of the programming boundaries. For instance it causes characters or “stop words” or “noise words” that normally would be excluded from a search to be forced in as part of the searchable keywords.<br />I can hear you now!! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? It means that keywords like a, an, and, are, at, be etc.. can be included as part of your search. <br />Try running this query in yahoo (or whatever search engine you prefer):<br /><strong><center>Microsoft bites the apple</strong></center><br />Now compare it to:<br /><center><strong>Microsoft bites +the apple</strong></center><br />Isn’t it amazing. The plus sign is not the same as the “AND” operator after all is it? <br />Another interesting difference between “AND” + is that it produces yet another variation in the algorithms. <br />Try this simple query in Google: <br /><strong><center>resume develop vb</strong></center><br />Now compare it to:<br /><strong><center>resume +develop vb</strong></center><br /><br />Did you notice the difference? What happened was that Google (as well as most other search engines nowadays) has an automatic stemming algorithm in place that allows for variations of keywords. In the case of the keyword develop it searched for develop, developer and development. Whenever you use the plus sign on a keyword it turns off the automatic stemming feature of the search engine.<br />Next time you use the <strong>“Plus”</strong> (+) sign in your queries notice the differences. There are times when may need the stemming features but isn’t it nice to be able to determine when it should be used?<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/11/and-operator-with-punch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-46419145557536580392007-11-16T11:40:00.000-06:002007-11-16T14:48:20.702-06:00The New Jim Stroud!!<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rz3YbIIxRAI/AAAAAAAAAGA/eymjlIBhALs/s1600-h/jimstroud.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rz3YbIIxRAI/AAAAAAAAAGA/eymjlIBhALs/s200/jimstroud.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133497110824567810" /></a><br />I just spent a few minutes over at jimstroud.com. I like the new look. It made me spend quite a bit more time at his site than usual. Now that I think about it!! I don't know if that is a good thing. Just kidding. I specially spent more time on his comics. This one was funny, it was titled <a href="http://jimstroud.com/2006/04/10/comic-the-recruiting-life-3/"> The recruiting life-3</a><br /><br />If you haven't been to Jim's site lately, i'd say it be worth a quick look. Keep it up jim.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-jim-stroud.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-59494742295375257822007-10-16T08:17:00.001-05:002007-10-16T08:22:47.003-05:00What is up with John Sumser?<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RxS6O6iJlII/AAAAAAAAAF4/jdrhcsUOKY4/s1600-h/sumser.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121923441620522114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RxS6O6iJlII/AAAAAAAAAF4/jdrhcsUOKY4/s200/sumser.jpg" border="0" /></a><a title="John sumser" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/sumser.jpg" mce_serialized="2" mce_href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/sumser.jpg"></a>Today I was reading a blog post as forwarded by friends and it put my “Haynes” in a wad. It seems to me that John Sumser either over edited his blog post till it made no sense or he’s talking in incongruent sentences just to confuse or to incite. On his post titled <a href="http://www.interbiznet.com/ern/archives/071015.html">“relationships take time 4”</a> He states some pretty wild things.<br /><br /><br />Let me give you an example; his second sentence says. <strong>“Internet search techniques, it is supposed, have created a new function in our industry.”</strong> Besides the bad sentence composition, it appears to be saying that sourcing started with the coming of internet research techniques.<br /><br /><br />Forgive me if I’m wrong but didn’t we have sourcers since like the seventies. Research was done by recruiters and as a result searching techniques came about which resulted in further specialization. We used to keep index cards and did research thru the phone. I remember doing research in the internet back when we had “gopher”, I didn’t know how to flip or x-ray then. Internet search techniques didn’t just magically appear to create a new function. Considering internet research a new function to the industry is not recognizing that recruiters have always sourced and that research function existed and was performed well by recruiters long before “internet search techniques” came about.<br /><br /><br />Mr Sumser’s next sentence states: <strong>“This sort of confusion happens every time there is a hiring peak.”</strong> It seems to me he is either declaring the internet research function a “confusion” or the reasoning for creating the internet research position a confusion. I long thought of Mr. Sumser as a visionary but I am rethinking my position.<br /><br /><br /><br />His next statement is just as bewildering: "<strong>It might even be a good way to predict the end of a bubble".</strong> This is where the incongruity becomes obvious. I was under the impression that internet search techniques were an innovation and as the market tightens there will be more need for such innovations not that it was a result of confusion. And if I was to follow his reasoning it would mean that every time we have an innovation in the industry it is a sign that as he puts it is a “good way to predict the end of a bubble”. There you have it guys the new crystal ball for staffing/recruitment is the upcoming innovations as new things come about they indicate the market busting.<br /><br /><br />The last sentence in his first paragraph goes on to say: <strong>“Sourcing is a component of market targeting”.</strong> This is news to me, sourcing can be a form of market targeting but a component of it? I better not go any further before I go from annoyed to just ranting or worse yet I might become as incongruent as Mr. Sumser.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com1http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-is-up-with-john-sumser.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-66211685503604824122007-10-13T23:47:00.000-05:002007-10-13T23:52:58.441-05:00Internet Research Tip<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RxGgRaiJlGI/AAAAAAAAAFo/ILIAEZekXd8/s1600-h/XL-anim_white.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121050472337740898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RxGgRaiJlGI/AAAAAAAAAFo/ILIAEZekXd8/s200/XL-anim_white.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Good search results do not happen at random. We drive them through our queries. Whether you are searching CareerBuilder or Google the biggest mistake recruiters make is not thinking about their queries. Most recruiters just look at their new acquired job requisition and just start typing directly into the screen those keywords that they deem to be the important skills.<br /></div><br /><div>I went to indeed.com and pulled this position at random. I thought that this job description exemplifies the horrible descriptions we receive to work off of but it can demonstrate how we approach our searches.<br /></div><br /><div>If you would indulge me in reading this job description: (The only editing I did was take the company name out.)<br /></div><br /><div><strong>Oracle Developer needed to design, develop, and maintain Oracle and web-based applications. In-depth knowledge of Oracle and Oracle tools is a must. 3-4 years of strong programming in PL/SQL, Oracle Forms and Reports required, plus a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience. Experience in UNIX, C++, JSP, Java, and related tools is a major plus. This is a direct hire opportunity with full benefits.<br /></strong></div><br /><div>The normal query would look something like this in a database like CareerBuilder:<br /></div><br /><div><strong>[ oracle PL/SQL UNIX C++ JSP JAVA]<br /></strong></div><br /><div>When you run the query in at first glance it seems to have done well pulling quite a few software developers but as we look closer they are a total mix of results including a few resumes of recruiters. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here are my suggestions; since PL/SQL (Procedural Language/Structured Query Language) is Oracle Corporation’s proprietary server-based procedural extension to the SQL database language, you don’t have to use the keyword “Oracle”; especially if you use some of the subset of PL/SQL like DDL or DCL or DML . Our query would begin to look something like this;<br /></div><br /><div><strong>[ (PL/SQL OR DDL OR DCL OR DML) ]<br /></strong></div><br /><div>Also this position calls for web based application development and JSP is mentioned specifically. Since JSP generates html and xml there is no need to use those acronyms, but we can use Java to draw more of the web based work. Some people would use JSP OR Java Server pages so it would we good to use both formats.<br /></div><br /><div><strong>[ (PL/SQL OR DDL OR DCL OR DML)(JSP OR “Java-Server pages” ]<br /></strong></div><br /><div>If you went outside of the resume databases into a search engine like <a href="http://www.google.com/">http://www.google.com/</a>; you’d have to add a little something extra to re-emphasizes the database portion of the job try adding (RDBMS OR ORDBMS). In google the query would look like this:<br /></div><br /><div><strong>[ resume (RDBMS OR ORDBMS)(PL/SQL OR DDL OR DCL OR DML)(JSP OR “java server pages”) -job -jobs -submit ]<br /></strong></div><br /><div>The point of this exercise is that you need to visualize the results you want and then work the keywords to drive them out through the query. The one thing to remember as researchers/sourcers/recruiters is that we are not called to be engineers or programmers or experts in whatever field you are recruiting for but you do have to develop an expertise at finding the right keywords for your query. </div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com4http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/internet-research-tip.htmlhttp://www.sourcingcorner.com/2007/10/13/internet-research-tip/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-85552086252372827822007-10-07T23:08:00.000-05:002007-10-07T23:29:45.036-05:00The referral system, how to get the name<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rwmx5oA8ujI/AAAAAAAAAFg/1hrNny1HC70/s1600-h/referrals.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118818055035337266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rwmx5oA8ujI/AAAAAAAAAFg/1hrNny1HC70/s200/referrals.gif" border="0" /></a>Isn’t it interesting that all statistics that we read and everyone that we have talked to about the best source of candidates will invariably attest to the fact that the best source of candidates is referrals? Yet as you speak with recruiters asking them were the bulk of there day is spent, you will hear things like searching thru the databases or processing paperwork but referrals doesn’t seem to rank too high on the list of activities they spend their time on. I don’t know if you’d agree with me but if generating referrals is an important part of our work shouldn’t we be spending more time generating them?<br /><div><br />It seems to me that if we do not spend time creating and developing a referral strategy then we just stumble our way into referrals.Referrals don’t just happen; they are made, and as phone sourcers we recognize these to be at the foundation of our work. Even if you are doing everything wrong in your recruitment, you will get the accidental referral but, by creating a methodical organized approach to consistently generating referrals, you will find that sourcing can become a pretty simple thing. So how do we stimulate this powerful sourcing strategy?</div><br /><div><br />The place to begin is by identifying the ideal candidate. In order to receive high quality referrals you must be able to quickly communicate the exact type of person that makes a great referral. As some people in the industry have coined; have your elevator spiel. You must quickly and well be able to communicate who you are looking for. If you can’t communicate to others who it is you are looking for; then, how will they know who to refer to you. It takes more than rattling off keywords (after all, it is not a database you are communicating with). </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Part of your message needs to easily explain the value you bring to anyone who is referred; why should they give you the name? It’s important that your referral sources know what makes you exceptional, what you have to offer. Spend some time shaping up a creative approach to motivate and stimulate referrals with value, respect, appreciation, recognition, and gratitude. I know, after that last line I can hear you say, whatever!! How do you do that? Think of your referral program as more than a means to ask for someone your contact would know. Make it a system which with you can educate your contacts on how what your needs are and what it would mean for them to refer someone to you.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Instructing your contacts on the steps of your referral program can make a great distinction between yourself and everyone else. By clearly explaining in simple terms what your requirements are you have set their expectations for a professional networking experience and in the process enhanced the quality of referrals. At the risk of sounding redundant, invest, yes, invest some time considering your approach, and recognize the value that relationships bring. Build components of trust and rapport building into your strategy; don’t try to fake your way, people can tell fake, even thru the phone. Let your personality come thru but guide the interaction with a well thought out strategy to make it a worthwhile exchange. When they provide you with a name it should not be because you coerced anyone, nor should they feel that they betrayed a friend, rather that they enhanced their friend’s opportunities by providing their name to a true professional who will honor their trust and respect their confidence. </div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/10/referral-system-how-to-get-name.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-47885145574267668682007-09-27T23:20:00.001-05:002007-09-27T23:31:55.572-05:00You've Got Mail! A Great way to verify emails<a title="You’ve got mail!" href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/email4.jpg"><img alt="You’ve got mail!" src="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/email4.thumbnail.jpg" align="left" /></a>Name generation/research/sourcing involves sending over Quality names that <em>can be reached! </em>Here is a way (and a tool I use) that you can add to your sourcing toolbox to verify and check your names. Specifically to check if their email is valid before sending it over to the recruiter, hiring mgr, director or higher!<br /><br />As Sourcers we are constantly tested to find particular talent hidden away and working hard within their respective organizations. I've found emailing to be one the best initial ways to make that first contact or connection with them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/2007/09/27/youve-got-mail-a-great-way-to-verify-emails/">Click here to continue reading and to find more about the cool website to check email validity.</a><br /><br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/youve-got-mail-great-way-to-verify.htmlhttp://www.sourcingcorner.com/2007/09/27/youve-got-mail-a-great-way-to-verify-emails/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-4067795089107420742007-09-26T20:57:00.000-05:002007-09-26T21:07:36.700-05:00Quick Tips: Rob Taub on Interviewing – The S.O.A.R. Technique<h4>This post, courtesy of <a href="http://www.recruitingblogswap.com/"><font color="#5a91c7">Recruiting Blogswap,</font></a> is written by <font color="#5a91c7">Rob Taub</font>, of <a modo="false" href="http://www.executivecareersolution.com/"><font color="#5a91c7">RLS Executive Group.</font></a> <em> Rob is a 20+year veteran in the career consulting field and is currently the Director of the RLS Executive Group, N.E. for RL Stevens &amp; Associates. He has also been active as a fund-raiser for Technology in Education, an auctioneer with WGBH Public Television, a debate moderator with Community Access Television, an instructor for Junior Achie. </em>Author Website: <a href="http://www.executivecareersolution.com/">www.ExecutiveCareerSolution.com</a></h4><br /><a href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/soar.jpg" title="Soar"><img align="left" src="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/soar.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Soar" /></a>Your stories should tell about actions that you took to bring about positive change. The "SOAR" story technique does just that: A sure-fire method for bridging your qualifications and successes to the needs the targeted company.<br /><br />One of the most important tenets in product marketing applies here in career planning: Differentiate your product from others in the marketplace.<br /><br />John Folcarelli, Labor Attorney and Human Resource Manager for Laidlaw Education: "Most people involved in planning their career tend to fly by the seat of their pants rather than exercise control over the process as it unfolds. For instance, in the interview, instead of simply reacting to questions imposed by the interviewer, the job candidate can and should attempt to take on more responsibility for influencing the direction of the interview.” The story technique does just that. It is a method for bridging your qualifications and past successes to the needs the targeted company.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sourcingcorner.com/2007/09/26/quick-tips-rob-taub-on-interviewing-%e2%80%93-the-soar-technique/">Continue reading "Quick Tips: Rob Taub on Interviewing - The S.O.A.R" »</a><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/quick-tips-rob-taub-on-interviewing.htmlhttp://www.sourcingcorner.com/2007/09/26/quick-tips-rob-taub-on-interviewing-%e2%80%93-the-soar-technique/tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-56019496320441703622007-09-23T21:50:00.001-05:002007-09-23T22:02:12.752-05:00Fuel Injectors for your Recruiting Engine<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RvcohP2IlSI/AAAAAAAAAE0/9W-xTtJTTyg/s1600-h/engine_failures.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RvcohP2IlSI/AAAAAAAAAE0/9W-xTtJTTyg/s200/engine_failures.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113600453556868386" /></a>Sourcing is being more and more often proclaimed as the solution to all recruitment challenges. Yet while I listen to the concerns of sourcers throughout the industry I keep hearing some common themes, some of those I mentioned in the last few posts as they relate to the relationships between sourcers and recruiters. These concerns have driven me to believe that most sourcing initiatives will not succeed in providing their anticipated results. Why the gloomy view of sourcing? Don’t misunderstand, sourcing is my passion and I believe that it can take our industry to the next level. It isn’t that I’m trying to say that sourcing doesn’t work. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://sourcingcorner.com/2007/09/23/fuel-injectors-for-your-recruiting-engine/">Continue reading "Fuel Injectors for your Recruiting Engine"? " »</a><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/fuel-injectors-for-your-recruiting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-58738247313956822772007-09-22T13:41:00.001-05:002007-09-23T00:48:14.036-05:00Two new faces...Help me welcome two new faces to my blog. Over the course of my short blogging life I have learned many things, one of which is that not all good ideas come from one group or one person. In fact I think that most of the best ideas come from the meeting of like-minded individuals.<br /><br />As I mentioned in earlier posts...<br /><br /><a href="http://sourcingcorner.com/2007/09/22/welcome-mike-and-jeremy/">Continue reading "Two new faces..."? " »</a> <br /><br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com1http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/two-new-faces.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-59483620649135223472007-09-21T09:53:00.000-05:002007-09-21T12:12:40.256-05:00"Sourcing" Colored Lipstick, the new rage!!!<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RvP7g4ervkI/AAAAAAAAAEk/7z1nxP2eHeM/s1600-h/lipstick.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RvP7g4ervkI/AAAAAAAAAEk/7z1nxP2eHeM/s200/lipstick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112706544331112002" /></a><br />I can’t shake the thought that there seems to be an incongruity or maybe even a contradiction within the recruitment industry, or maybe it is just my nearsightedness that is causing me to perceive this in that light. Let me share with you my thoughts and you tell me.<br /><br />For now let’s just say that sourcing is in fashion, if you put on a "sourcing" color lipstick you’ll be hot, and everyone will want you. It seems like every where you go there are articles or news about all kinds of new sourcing tools, techniques, and such… there is such a big demand for anything closely resembling sourcing. <br /><br />I have implemented two sourcing teams and have been sourcing for let’s just say a few years. Still I believe that the biggest problem Sourcers face is not the labor shortage, nor the inability to find quality prospects, nor the lack of sourcing skills, nor the right metrics or any such affair. Believe it or not, I believe the biggest challenge Sourcers experience is high internal resistance to sourcers or sourcing support. Doesn’t that seem odd? If sourcing is so important, and so hot, how could there be a resistance? What do I mean resistance?<br /><br />A Sourcer can be a recruiter’s lifeline, yet they still try to give sourcers their job req’s in a posted note, or they continuously find fault in the candidates they receive from their Sourcer or continuously fail to provide proper feedback etc..<br /><br />So what is the answer? Are you ready for this? Are you sure you want to know? Change your lipstick!!! Just kidding, I don’t have the answer but here is my take, sourcers have to be more than just researchers (whether phone or internet) the have to also be marketing specialists. They have to work harder at building rapport with the recruiters that they are going to support than at the research they are undertaking. Most sourcers take to sourcing as ducks to water, research quickly becomes second nature, but they struggle to “sell themselves” or their “wares” sort of speak to the recruiter’s.<br /><br />The service that sourcers provide to recruiters is very valuable and even though we shouldn’t have to market ourselves or what we do, the reality is that it is not enough to source well. That is only half of the equation, if you want to succeed you have to market yourself and your service to your recruiters, build rapport and then we will see sourcing go from flavor of the month to staple meal.<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com2http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/sourcing-colored-lipstick-new-rage.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-79753506255768157202007-09-16T22:21:00.000-05:002007-09-16T22:37:18.599-05:0010 ways to irritate a Sourcer<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Ru31WhuIIgI/AAAAAAAAAEU/59x6gkiVGlg/s1600-h/frus.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111010919493149186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" height="133" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Ru31WhuIIgI/AAAAAAAAAEU/59x6gkiVGlg/s200/frus.jpg" width="137" border="0" /></a>As I reflected on the discussions I participated on over the course of the week. I contemplated on some of the top things that irritate me as a Sourcer and thought to pen them down. These thoughts were prompted by listening to AmyBeth Hale talking about the way recruiters should not communicate with the Sourcer s. Anyway as I talked to several people throughout the week, I felt the theme resonated with many of us.<br /><br />Here is my list of the top ten ways to irritate a Sourcer.<br /><br /><strong>10.</strong> As AmyBeth so eloquently said it at SourceCon, give the Sourcer the job requisition in a "posted note".<br /><br /><strong>9. </strong>Describe the position requirements with the least amount of words possible.<br /><br /><strong>8. </strong>Do not give the Sourcer the pay requirements and relocation needs.<br /><br /><strong>7.</strong> Give him unrealistic deadlines; after all you need this candidate like yesterday.<br /><br /><strong>6. </strong>When he does meet those unrealistic deadlines, find fault in each candidate.<br /><br /><strong>5. </strong>Wait three weeks to call the candidates you received from the Sourcer just to show him/her who is boss.<br /><br /><strong>4. </strong>Do not respond to phone calls, emails, or request for status update; after all he/she will find out anyway.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Ru313huIIhI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Dyq1LCW402A/s1600-h/irritate.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111011486428832274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Ru313huIIhI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Dyq1LCW402A/s200/irritate.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>3. </strong>When the Sourcer follows up with you; always give him/her excuses for not having contacted the candidates.<br /><br /><strong>2. </strong>after the three weeks when you call the candidate and he is no longer interested in the position, blame the Sourcer for his/her incompetence in only giving you uninterested candidates.<br /><br /><strong>1. </strong>Tell everyone that will hear how the candidates your Sourcer gives you are either bad or uninterested, then turn around and give him or her the next job to work on. </div><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com0http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/10-ways-to-irritate-sourcer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-89699404425652658812007-09-14T22:49:00.000-05:002007-09-14T22:54:01.499-05:00In the words of Jeremy Langhans…<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RutXKxuIIdI/AAAAAAAAAD8/9ZhW7QPMYUo/s1600-h/sourcecon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110274044839076306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RutXKxuIIdI/AAAAAAAAAD8/9ZhW7QPMYUo/s200/sourcecon.jpg" border="0" /></a> I finally have a few moments to chill and reflect. I was so anticipating the arrival of SourceCon 2007. It came and passed so fast, and in hindsight I must say, I agree with Jeremy Langhans. Jeremy left a comment on my blog earlier stating that all he could say was SourceCon was Amazing, Amazing Amazing, and Amazing. I couldn't have said it better myself Jer.<br /><br />My expectations were set very high for this event and sincerely, even so, they were greatly exceeded. I felt truly honored to have been entrusted with many friendships. I had been reading Jim Stroud's stuff for a long time and was surprised to find how down to earth and funny he was. He has such a positive and well balance outlook that he was a delight to be around with. Thanks for your friendship Jim. AmyBeth what can I say, she shared my excitement and nervousness and yet she maintained such poise. I was so surprised to see how young yet knowledgeable both Jeremy Langhans and Mike Notaro were. By the way, despite the fact that they having some major braggin' rights they were almost bashful about their accomplishments, they displayed such unassuming and modest nature. Russ Moon was inspirational and encouraging to me.<br /><br />I was riveted as Shally Steckerl showed his magic. I must say I research into the makings of search engines and look for the commands and query comp0sition tools as if they were hidden treasure and have quite a few in my arsenal yet watching Shally not only did I learn new tools but learned new ways to use some older ones. (When I grow up I want to be like Shally.)<br /><br />I was spellbound by Krista Bradford, she was truly great to listen to, very insightful and profound. Tracy Friend also captivated my attention and made me a fan of hers. Glen Gutmacher's presentation was lightning fast but mesmerizing (I'd like to borrow his brain for an hour). Dave Copp’s presentation was spellbinding and hypnotic yet funny. (Brilliant!!!)<br /><br />I wish I could have spent more time probing the great mind of Rob McIntosh to find out more about metrics and such, unfortunately my world was spinning so fast and I was so "star struck" as Suzi Tonini told me that I couldn't sit still long enough to strike a conversation with him.<br /><br />If I listed everyone that made a lasting impression on me I would turn this into a list of about 150 great people. I did want to name a few others that were new found friends whom I enjoyed meeting: Leah Hughes, Connie LaDoceur, Eric Jacquith, Tim O'Connor, Jessica Walden, Donato Diorio, Rennick Morris, Ray Towle, Dan Harris, Julia Stone, Marvin Smith, Sean-Paul Veilleux, Daphne Mahotiere, Rithesh Nair.<br /><br />The last comment I would like to say about the event is I am truly grateful to Lesley O'Connor for extending me the invitation to attend. Until I talked to her I was undecided on attending the conference, (truth be told, I was more inclined not to go) had it not been for her kindness I would have missed out on a great deal.<br /><br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com5http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-words-of-jeremy-langhans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-72699999923443837902007-09-08T19:10:00.000-05:002007-09-08T19:23:29.563-05:00I just met Tim O'Connor<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RuM7A5AwkII/AAAAAAAAAD0/Euc0_l89YIY/s1600-h/ontheroad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107991288858316930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/RuM7A5AwkII/AAAAAAAAAD0/Euc0_l89YIY/s200/ontheroad.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />...and honestly, he's a really cool guy!<br /><br />My head is spinning as I think about all the people I look forward to meeting in Atlanta next week. I'm driving down MacArthur Road, here in Irving, and it's all I can do to keep my eyes on the road as I think about SourceCon 2007. My brain knows this is just my nature but my mind doesn't care, I'm looking forward to meeting several people, Leslie O'Connor, Russ Moon, Jeremy Langham, Shally Steckerl, Rob McIntosh, Rithesh Nair among others. I don't know what impression I'll make but I am just thrilled at the opportunity to meet them. I'll tell you something about my meeting with Tim but let me just say this: I have one thought running in my head!!<br /><br />It is a repeating thought: "I can't wait to be there!!!" The fact that this thought plays on an endless loop inside my head shows that I spend too much time alone. There is a growing list of some pretty amazing people in sourcing which brings me to my initial reason for writting this post today. Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting <a ref="http://www.linkedin.com/in/timoconnorcapgemini">Tim O'Connor</a> Strategic Sourcing Lead for Cap Gemini NA. The most refreshing part of meeting Tim is his gracious humility. We had a frank discussion on sourcing in general but it wasn't about the panel content, for sure. It was about sourcing, sharing our beliefs on the state and the direction of the industry. It was a blast to say the least to meet someone who shares my vision and passion for sourcing. As I drove away from my meeting with Tim I couldn't help but wonder how many other amazing people will I meet in Atlanta next week.<br /><br />I'm sitting here pecking at my keyboard now, the light is on, the internet is working, and my desire to drop everything and get in the car and drive to Atlanta has lessened and I feel so much better. It's not the act of waiting for SourceCon 2007 that kills me, it's the anticipation of meeting all those wonderful people.<br /><br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com4http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-just-met-tim-oconnor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-53485127381736356152007-08-04T15:18:00.000-05:002007-09-10T13:02:09.434-05:00SourceCon2007 = Tsunami of EnergyOver the last few years sourcing has been taking a more prominent place in the industry as we all come to realize its importance. As each organization’s needs are different we all encounter different problems and develop new solutions. It is through those struggles that we have learnt and grown to see sourcing become a specialized niche in recruitment. As they say; necessity is the mother of invention. I know, I know, we’ve all heard it so much it is now cliché. But what happens when you get a large group of innovative and inventive thinkers together, Synergy, I mean, <a href="www.sourcecon1.com">SourceCon</a>. <br /><br />The first ever global sourcing conference is still weeks away yet the synergistic tsunami of energy of all those creative minds coming together is becoming palpable. For those of you who see me daily, you know I can’t stop talking about this conference. But, just look at the impressive list of luminaries line up to speak Jimm Stroud, Shally Steckerl, Rob McIntosh, Krista Bradford, AmyBeth Hale, Glen Gutmacher, Tim O’Connor, Dave Mendoza and others. It is as Tim O’Connor said “It’s the who’s who of sourcing. Most of the speakers have been re-shaping the recruitment world already and it is exciting to be part of such an event. I sincerely can’t wait to be there. <br /><br />I see <a href="www.sourcecon1.com">SourceCon</a>as platform that is bringing the most passionate minds in sourcing together to discuss, learn, share and celebrate in all things sourcing. It is designed for sharing those lessons learned along the way on our quest for talent acquisition. Opportunities like these empower us frontline sourcers and recruiters to analyze complex sourcing scenarios and measure them against the experience of others to optimize ourselves into higher performance. What I mean is this; I am going to this conference because I will be able to get a glimpse of the industry’s best, to learn from them, and grow. I look forward to meeting every single sourcer because together we are making history, we are shaping the direction and future of sourcing. <br /><br />If you haven’t registered yet, time is running out. To register <a href="www.sourcecon1.com/comference.html">just click here</a> and click on the register now link. If you use <B><U>Promotional code ml0830 </U></B>you’ll get a 10 percent discount as having been referred by me. I hope to see every one of you there. If you see me, Be sure to stop by and say hello as I do want to meet you.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com2http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/08/sourcecon2007-tsunami-of-energy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-4668801951567022592007-07-30T22:08:00.000-05:002007-07-30T22:46:26.871-05:00tagged by the research goddess<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rq6pCA9PZlI/AAAAAAAAADk/mbSyJJ5FUIw/s1600-h/tagged.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rq6pCA9PZlI/AAAAAAAAADk/mbSyJJ5FUIw/s200/tagged.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093194080684303954" /></a>I’ve been tagged by <a href"http://www.linkedin.com/in/amybethhale">Amybeth Hale</a> (The research goddess) at <a href="http://www.amybethale.com">www.amybethale.com</a> <br /><br />As <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielrsweet/">Dan Sweet</a> from <a href="http://www.fracat.com/blog/">fracat</a> said "She’d like me to tell eight things about myself that you probably didn’t know. These are also things that you might not have wanted to know, but the “Tag Receiver Code” commits me to comply."<br /><br /><b>THE RULES:</b><br />1. Post these rules before you give the facts.<br />2. List 8 random facts about yourself.<br />3. At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names (linking to them)<br />4. Leave them a comment on their blog letting them know they’ve been tagged!<br /><br /><b>Eight Random Facts About Me:</b><br /><b>1.</b> I love drawing and painting portraits. I received the gift from my grandfather who made his living painting and then selling his works in public parks and high traffic places across Mexico. If we ever get to chat you might twist my arm into showing you my sketch book.<br /><br /><b>2.</b> I have been Sourcing/recruiting for over thirteen years with the last four in sourcing management, but I’ve only been authoring on my blog only since April 2007 (After being encouraged by the <a href="http://recruitinganimal.typepad.com">recruiting Animal</a> himself, Thanks Michael). <br /><br /><b>3.</b> I began my sourcing career raiding companies. I would be assigned a target company and would be tasked with making a minimum of two hundred twenty five (yes! 225) calls a day. I was often reminded that the day that I didn’t reach my goal I would not need to return to work the following day as I would be fired. <br /><br /><b>4.</b> While I attended High School (W.B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi, TX) I ran my own business buying dresses wholesale and sold them canvassing the neighborhood. Yes! I was a door to door salesman at the age of fifteen. I learned a lot about how to read people and how to close the deal. <br /><br /><b>5.</b> I also have a firm faith in God and a strong commitment to lead a life that cultivates every one of my faculties in such a way as best represent the Kingdom of Heaven in every thing I do. <br /><br /><b>6.</b> After high school I worked as a longshoreman unloading the bananas as the arrived to Port Hueneme, CA from Central America. It was physically a very demanding job which gave me a hearty appetite. <br /><br /><b>7.</b> I am 43 years old, I am divorced, I have one son 14 who is my best friend. I was married for 14 years but unfortunately we couldn’t keep it together. I’ve now been divorced over four years going on five now. <br /><br /><b>8.</b> Besides English I speak Spanish and Portuguese fluently. I can also read Italian and French ( I can’t speak Italian nor French) <br /><br />The people I am tagging to continue this chain of revealment are:<br />1.Amy Garner of <a href="http://winetalent.blogspot.com/">Wine Talent</a> <br />2.Alize Cortez of <a href="http://improvedexperience.typepad.com/">Improved Experience.</a><br />3.Trey Bettinger of <a href="http://notjobs.blogspot.com/">not jobs </a><br />4.Michael Keleman of <a href="http://recruitinganimal.typepad.com/">The Recruiting Animal</a> <br />5.David Perry <a href="http://guerrillajobhunting.typepad.com/">Gerrilla Job Hunting</a><br />6.Josh Khan of <a href="http://thesourcingriff.blogspot.com/"> The Sourcing Riff</a> <br />7.Rithesh Nair of <a href="http://www.researchersecrets.com/"> Research Secrets</a> <br />8.Dave Mendoza of <a href="http://sixdegreesfromdave.com/"> Six Degrees from Dave</a> <br /><br />Some of these people I have had the pleasure of meeting, others I just exchanged emails or calls with and some I would just plainly like to know, but all are people I admire! <br /><br />I look forward to their 8 Things...<br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><strong></strong><strong></strong><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Moises Lopezhttps://plus.google.com/107089037268404324593noreply@blogger.com2http://sourcingcorner.blogspot.com/2007/07/tagged-by-research-goddess.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439664691641439285.post-88504313712737178182007-07-29T09:27:00.000-05:002007-07-29T09:42:30.626-05:00Inhibited Sourcing Innovation<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rqykzg9PZkI/AAAAAAAAADc/Mj2bAtKZRlE/s1600-h/Starlit_Night_by_gucken.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_X1EaXbOz5Ho/Rqykzg9PZkI/AAAAAAAAADc/Mj2bAtKZRlE/s200/Starlit_Night_by_gucken.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092626483576268354"/></a>It has been a while since I have been able to see and think and write. I finally carved out some time and now I was thinking about how to accelerate strategic sourcing excellence. In today's corporate world sourcing needs are reaching a critical state, so the question rises, how do we deliver an intuitive and integrated solution for managing the complete strategic sourcing lifecycle to deliver results?<br /><br />Yes there are a lot of great tools available but one of the reasons why these tools may fail is that as we tend to get impressed by the many bells and whistles offered that we may be failing to match the tool to the skills our sourcers/recruiters possess. Without realizing it, we may be inhibiting innovation and collaboration, by placing too much trust in naively hoping that the tool will deliver optimal results.<br /><br />Let me explain. I love tools. I cannot walk into a Lowe’s or Home depot without buying a new tool. I have long ago found that tools for me are like stamps to a collector. I have them and admire them (the right tool for the right job; I always say) but many weekend projects have turned into disasters to be passed on to a professional. I know what the tools are supposed to do but somehow that knowledge transfers into danger in my hands. I am just not mechanically inclined. <br /><br />We acquire new sourcing tools and techniques and we introduce them indiscriminately to the team and expect all to use them and learn to be effective at them not recognizing peoples limits. Long ago I read (and I can’t remember the source to credit appropriately), that we have two types of recruiters, (and I apply it to researchers/sourcers as well) hunters and farmers. A farmer cultivates the databases and job boards and is knowledgeable on how to exploit the weaknesses of those tools. On the other hand a hunter is one who thrives on the thrill of the hunt and goes after candidates that are not in databases. <br /><br />When we give hunting tools to a farmer he feels lost and confused and even though he may grow to work the hunting tools appropriately it may take some time. As in real life hunting requires more than having the right rifle and clothes and equipment, you must acquire knowledge of hunting strategies and such… <br /><br />So what am I saying, not everyone can be a farmer (nor should everyone be) and not everyone can be a hunter either there are certainly needs for each skill set. Let’s evaluate the sourcing skills and attitudes and match them to the tools. As we expand the performance of sourcers in all aspects of their roles we need to identify the organizational capabilities needed to achieve strategic sourcing excellence only then can we refashion sourcing strategies to achieve superior bottom-line results. <br /><br /><br /><script src="http://www.recruiting.com/extras/vote_img_text.js">Vote for this story! </script><div class="feedflare">
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